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ABC Rural News: NT gold mine causes a fuss about a finch
A bird conservation group has attacked plans to clear land in the Northern Territory to make way for a gold mine which is a breeding habitat for an endangered bird. The owners of the Mount Todd gold mine, 45 kilometres north of Katherine, are planing to clear 117 hectares of a known breeding habitat of the Gouldian finch. (Tuesday, 16/10/2012)
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Effect of small-scale woodland clearing and thinning on vertebrate fauna in a largely intact tropical savanna mosaic
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Estimated greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing in the Daly River catchment, Northern Territory
Law, R, and Blanch, S, 2009. Estimated greenhouse gas emissions from land clearing in the Daly River catchment, Nothern Territory, Australia. Simulated emissions using the National Carbon Accounting System and imputed carbon pollution costs. Report prepared by WWF-Australia and the Environment Centre NT, Sydney 20pp. Pdf 2.00 MB.
This report acts as a proof-of-concept study for Northern Territory and Australian Governments to demonstrate the significant land clearing induced greenhouse gas emissions in the Daly River Catchment. The report maps estimated emissions from future clearing, as well as illustrating a simple method of both levying carbon pollution charges on land clearing and valuing the carbon storage services by landholders who don't clear.
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Management practices for wildlife conservation - Do not clear habitat
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Management practices for wildlife conservation |
Do not clear habitat |
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Managing the tree layer - Woody thickening
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Managing the tree layer |
Woody thickening |
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Crowley G.M., Garnett S.T. and Shephard S. (2009). "Impact of storm-burning on <i>Melaleuca viridiflora</i> invasion of grasslands and grassy woodlands on Cape York Peninsula, Australia". <i>Austral Ecology</i> 34, 196-209.
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Modelling of woody thickening in the VRD indicates that thickening is rapid on red soils that are heavily grazed an unburnt, and can be reduced with regular burning and reducing stocking rates.
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Fensham R.J., Fairfax R.J. and Archer S.R. 2005. Rainfall, land use and woody vegetation cover change in semi-arid Australian savanna. <i>Journal of Ecology</i> 93, 596-606.
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Sharp B.R., and Whittaker R.J. (2003), "The irreversible cattle-driven transformation of a seasonally flooded Australian savanna", Journal of Biogeography, 30, (5),pp. 783 - 802.
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Sharp B.A. and Bowman D.M.J.S. (2004), "Net woody vegetation increase confined to seasonally inundated lowlands in an Australian tropical savanna, Victoria River District, Northern Territory", Austral Ecology, 29 (6), pp. 667 - 683. In this study ground referenced digital aerial photographs were used to identify changes in overstorey vegetation cover in the Victoria River District, Northern Territory, since 1948.
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Cowley R. and Dyer R. <i>The Use of Fire in the VRD to Control Woody Vegetation</i>, Victoria River Research Station Progress Report: Part B: Completed Projects. Ddemonstrates that burning can be used to manage woody vegetation structure.
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Effect of different fire regimes on vegetation thickening in grasslands on Cape York Peninsula.
Managing the tree layer - Protect tree hollows
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Managing the tree layer |
Protect tree hollows |
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.Hussey, P. 2005. Tree hollows and wildlife. <i>Western Australian Department of Conservation and Land Management Wildlife Notes</i> No 15. The publication is available for download from this site.
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Murphy S.A. and Legge S.M. (2007). <i>Emu</i> 107, 1-6
Threats to wetlands
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